Changelog

12.0.2.b (Windows, Linux and Mac OS X)

Welcome to the Version 12 Beta page.

Here you will be able to view the list of fixes/changes between Beta builds. Please pay particular attention to the "Limitations and Known problems" list, as this will change with each new build.

To submit feedback on issues you find in the Beta versions:

Firstly identify whether your issue is happening repeatedly or not. If you continue to experience the same issue doing the same steps, please directly submit a ticket using the Redmine ticketing system: dev.lwks.com

If your thread in the Forum concludes as an issue within the Beta version, please sumarise the thread and enter a ticket in the Redmine ticketing system: dev.lwks.com

You will be able to sign in using your Lightworks Username and Password, if you are already signed in to the Lightworks Website you will be automatically signed in to Redmine. Detailed instructions on submitting useful information can be found on the Wiki page. Please make sure you have searched for the issue before submitting a ticket, this should help stop duplicate tickets being submitted. The more feedback we get, the faster we can resolve issues.

IMPORTANT: Any users running Blackmagic hardware will need to upgrade to the latest Blackmagic drivers 10.1 and higher, otherwise the Blackmagic Device will not be recognised.

Cross Platform Fixes and Features Since 12.0.1.a Beta

Fixed incorrect image size when importing HD media with the output format set to a 4:3 SD format

Image on viewers and SDI output may look very poor on old ATI graphics card when set to 10-bit precision

.VOB files appear as "Sound" only on the import panel, but yet import with picture. Performance will be slow

Image quality on playback may be poor when project card set to NTSC Fields

You will not be able to transcode 1080p 60fps files on import to AVID DNxHD (MPEG AVI works correctly)

Blu-ray VC1 export does not generate a valid file. It imports back as Sound only

Audio on exported AVCHD files cannot be played by Windows Media Player it is just mute

Limitations and Known Problems (Windows 64bit)

Some MTS files will show pixelation on the start frames.

Lightworks Bins generated in 11.5 and higher, may show duplicate entries when the project is opened in version 12.

MTS files with two video streams (3D) will cause the MainConcept decoder to crash and Lightworks to close. This issue has been raised with MainConcept

AVCHD files imported into version 12 will be black in previous versions (11.5.2) This is due to the indexing files. Please delete any .vix/.lvix files

The screen capture function is not currently working correctly

There are performance issues scrubbing through large MTS files with AC3 audio

You will not be able to import MJPEG MOV files (please use the 32bit version)

There is no QuickTime Movie/MPEG4 import/export via Apple SDK

Premiere and After Effects plugins are not supported

Audio content analysis is disabled

CDDA ripping is no longer available

Limitations and Known Problems (Linux 64bit)

Tested distros running kernel 3.12 (Other distributions may work, but have not been tested):

Debian Distros:

Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Xbuntu 14.04

Mint 17

RPM Distros:

Fedora 20

Lightworks Bins generated in 11.5 and higher, may show duplicate entries when the project is opened in version 12.

AVCHD files imported into version 12 will be black in previous versions (11.5.2) This is due to the indexing files. Please delete any .vix/.lvix files

MPEG AVI Recordings/Renders/Transcodes/Exports will not currently work

There is no Firewire support

There is no Quicktime Movie/MPEG4 export option

There is no Mackie Audio Mixer support

There is no .WMV import

ATI and Nvidia cards are supported. EditShare recommends Nvidia for the best performance

Blackmagic AVIs will not import

Cineform AVIs will not import

Fraps AVIs will not import

There is no FX plugin support

The screen capture function is not currently working correctly

Files will be not highlighted in a folder when clicking the Location links on filecards or bins

Please use 'Alt+Ctrl' (for Linux) in place of 'Alt' (for Windows) modifier for keyboard short-cuts. Ex 'Alt+Ctrl+click' an effect slider to reset.

No audio imported from OMFs (that do have embedded audio)

Image Sequences are slow to export

AAF exports will import with audio off-line

Relaunch button doesn't work after the application crashes

Audio may not be present on some Uncompressed AVIs

Do not use linux default GFX driver. If you experience the viewer playing at a reduced size then the Linux default graphics driver is installed. Please make sure the Nvidia driver is loaded an the system is restarted

Limitations and Known Issues With Matrox Hardware I/O (Windows only)

If your system is not fast enough or does not have enough memory, the captures using MXO2 will stop with a "dropped-frame" message

If the drives you are recording to are not fast enough the captures using MXO2 will stop with a "dropped-frame" message